Effort underway to rename Bancroft Library over name's ties to slavery | University of California Berkeley | 09/18/2024 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Protested |
Student government votes to remove Republican senator’s name from building | Michigan State University | 09/12/2024 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Anglo Saxons removed from course in 'decolonization of curriculum' | University of Nottingham | 09/01/2024 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Myles Standish’s name removed from dorm | Boston University | 05/23/2024 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
College removes ‘Seven Fires’ from Pueblo name over Native American cultural appropriation concerns | Springfield College | 04/01/2024 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
University of Virginia removes Edwin Alderman's name from library | University of Virginia | 03/01/2024 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Elite university changes student government’s ‘SA’ acronym to avoid triggering students | George Washington University | 02/05/2024 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Harvard may strip former governor’s name from dorm because he owned slaves | Harvard University | 01/31/2024 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Virginia seminary marks 200th anniversary by scrubbing names linked to slavery | Virginia Theological Seminary | 12/28/2023 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Johns Hopkins to scrub name of English professorship due to slavery link | Johns Hopkins University | 10/19/2023 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Wheaton College removes president’s name from library after racism report | Wheaton College | 10/18/2023 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Philly-area university strips eugenicist’s name from building | West Chester University | 09/12/2023 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Proposal to name foreign service school after Madeleine Albright stalls amid cancel culture campaign | Georgetown University | 07/24/2023 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
University removes former professor's name from museum for teaching eugenics class | University of Puget Sound | 05/20/2023 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Duke students want former president’s name stripped from residence hall | Duke University | 05/17/2023 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Protested |
Oxford University removes Sackler name from buildings | Oxford University | 05/16/2023 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Smith College ends use of word ‘field’ to promote inclusivity | Smith College | 05/15/2023 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Student newspaper changes name due to school namesake’s colonialism, racism | McGill University | 04/15/2023 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Bryn Mawr College caves, officially removes past president’s name from library | Bryn Mawr College | 03/22/2023 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
UC Berkeley strips another name -- Moses -- off building, activists want more | University of California Berkeley | 03/14/2023 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
USC School of Social Work ditches word ‘field’ – could be construed as ‘anti-Black’ | University of Southern California | 01/10/2023 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Cleveland State cancels Justice John Marshall from law school name | Cleveland State University | 12/05/2022 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
University changes ‘Thanksgiving Closure’ to ‘Fall Break’ over inclusion concerns | University of Alaska Southeast | 11/17/2022 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Law school removes T.C. Williams from name, citing slave ownership | University of Richmond | 09/25/2022 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Canadian university asks court to approve renaming of ‘racist’ scholarships | Western University | 09/11/2022 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Christian college may remove former president’s name from library after BIPOC complaints | Wheaton College Illinois | 07/06/2022 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Penn law school to remove name of Roger Taney, former chief justice of Supreme Court, from building | University of Pennsylvania | 06/22/2022 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
To promote ‘diversity,’ schools remove word ‘women’ from clinic names | various | 05/12/2022 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Emory removes name of Supreme Court justice from 1800s because he owned slaves | Emory University | 05/06/2022 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
College removes name of white supremacist from building | Meredith College | 04/06/2022 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
University of Richmond changes names of six campus buildings linked to slavery, racism | University of Richmond | 03/18/2022 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
This Republican fought for decades to open Cal State San Marcos. Now his name may be wiped from campus. | California State University San Marcos | 03/13/2022 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
'Bluebonnet Lady of Texas’ axed from dorm name due to Daughters of Confederacy link | Texas State University | 02/02/2022 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Princeton renames seminary after black seminarians complain about namesake’s ties to slavery | Princeton University | 02/01/2022 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Brown refuses to remove IBM chairman’s name over alleged Nazi ties | Brown University | 01/03/2022 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Illinois university moves to strike name Stephen Douglas from dorm | Eastern Illinois University | 12/24/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Western Washington University to strike T.H. Huxley’s name from environmental college | Western Washington University | 12/16/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Indiana University renames Jordan Avenue due to former campus President Jordan's advocacy for eugenics | Indiana University | 12/06/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
California’s oldest law school to scrub founder’s name over ties to Native American killings | UC Hastings College of the Law | 11/10/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Cornell students demand cancelation of former 19th century college president | Cornell University | 11/04/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
College renames Cooper Hall to Spradley-Young Hall; a pre-Civil War scientist and alum, Cooper had defended slavery | Dickinson College | 11/04/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
University removes name of Revolutionary War vet from campus building over slavery concerns | Rider University | 11/01/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Citing racism, Rutgers removes name of former Supreme Court justice, an alumnus, from building | Rutgers University | 10/26/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
College strips name ‘Linnaeus’ from its 125-acre arboretum, citing ‘scientific racism’ | Gustavus Adolphus College | 10/18/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Calling President Reagan ‘disturbingly racist,’ student wants his name stripped from med center | UCLA | 10/11/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Student op-ed against Ole Miss calls for Trent Lott's name stripped from Leadership Institute building, citing racism | University of Mississippi | 09/29/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Middlebury College removes Mead Chapel name over former governor's role in eugenics | Middlebury College | 09/27/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Penn removes suffragette's name from 'feminist' center to prioritize 'inclusiveness' | University of Pennsylvania | 09/24/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Thomas Nelson Community College will be renamed Virginia Peninsula Community College | Thomas Nelson Community College | 09/23/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Middle Tennessee State University works to strip name of former Confederate war leader from building | Middle Tennessee State University | 09/16/2021 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Protested |
Community college strips name of 10th president of U.S. from its title over his Confederacy support | John Tyler (Brightpoint) Community College | 07/19/2021 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Report recommends removing Strom Thurmond, Longstreet, Thomas Cooper from campus buildings | University of South Carolina | 07/16/2021 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Protested |
GWU’s Francis Scott Key Hall may face name change | George Washington University | 07/15/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
University to strip name of longest serving president from campus building over racism concerns | George Washington University | 06/30/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Emory renames residence hall named after former campus president because he supported slavery | Emory University | 06/30/2021 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Towson University removes slave owners’ names from buildings | Towson University | 06/24/2021 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Dixie is officially dumped in vote over university name change | Dixie State University | 06/09/2021 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Lord Fairfax Community College renamed to Laurel Ridge Community College | Lord Fairfax Community College | 06/04/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
MacDonald Hall, named after Canada’s first prime minister, renamed Residence Hall West | University of Windsor | 06/04/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
UMich professors recommend taking down legendary football coach Fielding Yost's name from arena | University of Michigan | 06/03/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Students angry that school won't rename buildings named after Declaration signers who owned slaves | Towson University | 05/31/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
University cancels new building name that had just been renamed 19 days earlier to appease students | Wake Forest University | 05/28/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Fourth Supreme Court Justice John Marshall, who owned slaves, has named stripped from law school | University of Illinois | 05/24/2021 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Pro-life student group wants university to rename building named for Planned Parenthood founder | Stony Brook University | 05/19/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
University strips George Merrick from parking garage, Henry Fillmore from rehearsal hall over racism concerns | University of Miami | 05/12/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Demands, efforts continue to remove Tillman Hall name | Clemson University | 05/07/2021 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Protested |
University removes name of former Dean E.E. Davis, say he was biased against the poor and ethnic minorities | University of Texas Arlington | 05/06/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Students petition renaming of Reagan Airport after someone who isn't a 'war criminal' | Georgetown University | 05/02/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
College of William and Mary renames three campus buildings and football field | College of William and Mary | 04/23/2021 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
UNA removes Democrat Gov. Bibb Graves’ name from campus signage | University of North Alabama | 04/05/2021 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Students, faculty demand Ohio State rename Gov. John Bricker hall to advance racial justice | Ohio State University | 03/26/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Virginia State University to remove names on four buildings due to racism, Confederacy concerns | Virginia State University | 03/25/2021 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
College Democrats want building name changed because namesake sponsored Heather Mac Donald speech | Emory University | 03/23/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Claiming MSU sits on ‘stolen land,’ student leaders pass resolution to rename Morrill building | Michigan State University | 03/17/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Florida State University orders slaveowner’s name stripped from building | Florida State University | 02/15/2021 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Bill seeks to remove former state Supreme Court Chief Justice B.K. Roberts from FSU law school | Florida State University | 02/15/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
University of Alabama removes George C. Wallace from building over his support of racial segregation | University of Alabama | 02/08/2021 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Caltech to remove the names of six eugenics proponents from buildings, honors | California Institute of Technology | 01/15/2021 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Iowa State U. rolls out renaming policy for past honorees now deemed ‘objectionable’ | Iowa State University | 12/29/2020 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Students angry that officials will not react after discovering namesake owned slaves | Johns Hopkins University | 12/19/2020 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Delmar T. Oviatt name stripped from campus library over racism concerns | California State University Northridge | 12/18/2020 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Cornell renames Goldwin Smith professorships, calls 19th century namesake 'anti-Semitic, anti-feminist, anti-suffrage' | Cornell University | 12/14/2020 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Jordan Hall renamed 'Biology Building' due to former President Jordan's advocacy for eugenics | Indiana University | 12/01/2020 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
University of California Berkeley to remove names of LeConte and Barrows halls due to ‘controversial legacies’ | University of California Berkeley | 11/18/2020 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Trustee's name removed from building | Michigan State University | 11/17/2020 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Dartmouth pressured to cancel Dr. Seuss' name on its med school in wake of racism charges | Dartmouth College | 11/03/2020 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
Harvard committee to consider renaming almost every building on campus | Harvard University | 10/30/2020 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
University to rename buildings named after two former Govs Braxton Bragg Comer and Bibb Graves | University of Montevallo | 09/30/2020 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
University of Alabama renames hall that honored 'ardent white supremacist' U.S. Sen. John Tyler Morgan | University of Alabama | 09/17/2020 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Edinburgh U. cancels Scotland’s greatest philosopher, David Hume, in name of antiracism | University of Edinburgh | 09/14/2020 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
UVA removes Withers from Withers-Brown Hall due to slave ownership, Confederate leadership | University of Virginia | 09/11/2020 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
UVA strips name Curry from School of Education and Human Development due to slave ownership, Confederate leadership | University of Virginia | 09/11/2020 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Columbia med school removes founder’s name because he owned slaves | Columbia University | 09/09/2020 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Troy University renames Bibb Graves Hall in honor of John Lewis | Troy University | 09/02/2020 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
University removes name of civil rights activist from its Theatre Arts Center over tangential racism concerns | University of Wisconsin Oshkosh | 08/18/2020 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Student government passes resolution to rename iconic 'Janss brothers' walkway, citing colonialism | UCLA | 08/07/2020 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |
University at Buffalo to remove U.S. President Millard Fillmore’s name from campus | University at Buffalo | 08/04/2020 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Catholic university cancels Catholic writer Flannery O’Connor. But scholars say she’s been wrongly maligned. | Loyola Maryland | 07/31/2020 | Buildings/Names | No | Canceled |
Board of Trustees approves the removal of four names from campus buildings | University of North Carolina Chapel Hill | 07/29/2020 | Buildings/Names | Yes | Canceled |
Black faculty want Basketball Arena renamed over namesake's alleged racism | University of Kentucky | 07/27/2020 | Buildings/Names | No | Protested |